Question

What type of figure of speech (metaphor, personification, etc) is being used in this sentence and why? "Let us all hope the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities… " PLEASE HELP!! 20 POINTS!!

Answer 1

metaphor- there aren’t really dark clouds but the author is making the reader feel that it is gloomy and the environment they are in the upsetting and angry by using the words “deep fog of misunderstanding” and “the dark clouds of racial prejudice”